Bo-Peep’s Tropical Bleats, Vol. 8: Moombahton

Starting here, in Vol. 8, I’m going to be doing something a little different. Each week, I will be showcasing another genre under the Tropical Bass umbrella… starting now with Moombahton!

What the hell is Moombahton (pronounced “moom-buh-tone”), you ask? Let’s flash back to 2009. Dave Nada, DC big-name and one-half of dynamic duo Nadastrom, is spinning at a house party for his younger cousin. Not wanting to make the tempo jump to House from Reggaeton, Nada had a revelation…

“So I had the idea of slowing down some of the tropical/Dutch house stuff I had on CDs. Afrojack’s ‘Moombah Remix’ being the biggest tune, I said fuck it and turned that shit down to 108 bpm. [My cousin] JP told all his people about me so bamas started cheering when I went on. And that’s when shit popped the fuck off. The minute that T-t-t-t-turn up the bass! part came in and dropped the place went insane! I played it all the way til the end and then did the same to Sidney Samson’s ‘Riverside’ and EVERYONE is yelling the ‘Riverside motherfucker!’ part and shit was just too much. I was losin’ it and told myself, I need to make some edits of this shit! And thus, Moombahton was born.”

Since then, it’s all been coming up roses for Moombahton — it’s even spawned a “Moombahstep”/”Moombahcore” sub-genre which, yes, is exactly what you think it sounds like and even more awesome than you know.

The EP also has as a killer Moombahcore remix of “Jump Around” from label-founder Sabo, and a couple contributions from the founder of Moombahton, himself.

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French superstar Brodinski just recently released this raucous Moombahton mixtape, and I honestly can’t think of a better way to end an introduction to the genre than to listen to this mix. Follow the link below to grab it on Mad Decent’s blog.

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